By the time Kong Wenmin had finished her bowl of dumplings and a small casserole of chicken and mushrooms, Pang Yi had grown impatient. He tapped on his tea bowl and poked Kong Wenmin with his chin, "Hey, Kong Wenmin, now that you've finished eating, it's time to get down to business!"
"Didn't my wife go to cook dumplings for me again?" Kong Wenmin was still unsatisfied. He wiped his mouth and glanced out the window until he felt two straight and cold gazes coming from behind him. He stood up silently, walked to the table and sat down, telling Zhong Mingwei the results of the investigation in the past few days.
"Your Majesty, according to my investigation in the past few days, it is confirmed that Ma Zhiming has indeed frequently gone in and out of Feihua Tower in the past two months, almost as many as ten times. Based on this frequency, it can be confirmed that Ma Zhiming is undoubtedly a gambler. But the strange thing is that Ma Zhiming suddenly became addicted to gambling two months ago, and it seems that he couldn't control himself once he became addicted to gambling, otherwise he would not have gone in and out of Feihua Tower so frequently." Kong Wenmin said.
"How can you be sure that Ma Zhiming went to Feihualou to gamble?" Zhong Mingwei asked in a deep voice, "Did someone see him gambling with their own eyes, or did you get some solid evidence? But I heard that Feihualou is a high-end and secretive gambling house, and it will never disclose the identity of the gamblers and any details."
"Yes, Feihualou does never reveal the identity of any gambler, and my subordinates have to conceal their investigation of Feihualou, so they cannot reveal their identities. Therefore, before the investigation, I was very distressed, thinking about directly kidnapping the shopkeeper of Feihualou, or using other methods. But I never thought that before I could think of a complete plan, the accountant of Feihualou actually took the initiative to find me." Kong Wenmin became more and more surprised as he spoke, and his saliva flew everywhere. Seeing Zhong Mingwei sitting back in disgust, Kong Wenmin hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth, then chuckled and continued, "The accountant of Feihualou came to me last night. He came in the middle of the night and found the subordinate's house. He said that he was ordered by the exhibition cabinet to hand over the bills of Feihua Tower for the past six months to his subordinates for review. The subordinates were very surprised and naturally asked him who the owner of Feihua Tower was. As a result, the accountant refused to reveal anything and just told the subordinates not to worry. The owner had a close relationship with Prince An. The subordinates were skeptical and checked the bills of Feihua Tower overnight. They found that the bills were not forged, so they were even more curious about who the owner of Feihua Tower was. "Speaking of this, Kong Wenmin looked at Zhong Mingwei with curiosity, "Master, do you really have any connection with the owner of Feihua Tower?"
Zhong Mingwei did not answer, but Pang Yi smiled and said, "How can there be no connection? Let me tell you, Feihua Tower has been..."
"This is not important, not important," Zhong Mingwei looked at Pang Yi coldly, Pang Yi immediately fell silent, Zhong Mingwei cast his eyes on Kong Wenmin again, "Go on, what did you find out from Feihualou's bill flow?"
"Yes," Kong Wenmin nodded repeatedly, and continued what he had just said, "I found that it was about two and a half months ago that Ma Zhiming suddenly started to patronize Feihua Tower. The strange thing is that he himself did not gamble, but he often filled the hole for a gambler named Yi Zhi. However, the hole of Yi Zhi's gambler was too big, even Ma Zhiming, the commander of the Imperial Guards, could not fill it. The strange thing is that more than half a month ago, the big hole owed by Yi Zhi was filled by an unknown person, and since then, the man named Yi Zhi has never been in or out of Feihua Tower again."
"Yi Zhi..." Zhong Mingwei narrowed his eyes and muttered to himself, while looking at Kong Wenmin, "Do you know where that person named Yi Zhi came from?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
